Hp tuners newbi question
Hp tuners newbi question I am moving along quite nicely with my ls2 swap in my 78 Malibu, and have a question about hp tuners. I have the engine, trans, and wiring out of a 2006 GTO my harness will be back from Current Performance soon, and I know i have to delete the vats in the pcm to get the car started. I am going to get a copy of HP tuners to do this. My concern is I am not sure if I know the vin number from the donor car. Does hp tuners auto id the vin when you plug it in or do you need to input the vin? Please don't 
me for asking a search revealed nothing. Thanks for the help guys
Rich
me for asking a search revealed nothing. Thanks for the help guysRich
Our software auto identifies the pcm via the operating system or vin so if the vin was changed it doesn't care as long as its an OS it can match to a specific pcm id E40, E38, E67 so it knows what seed/key to use.
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This isn't something I'm actually planing on pursuing as I use COS5 and have an LS1 Stream with EFI LIVE. I'm just curious to see if this is a sort of flaw in the HPTuners licensing scheme.
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Cool thanks Bill. I just purchased a used HPTuners STD and have sent it off to be upgraded to PRO so I can use it for Fords. The STD cable already had LS1's 02-05. I have a 99 LS1. Does this mean if I simply changed my VIN with EFI LIVE and use a later stock OS I could effectively tune my 99 with later year model licences.
-Bill
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Ok now I'm confused. If I for example pulled an 04 tune noted the VIN and programmed that VIN into a 99 with EFI LIVE (as it can do that) and then full flashed that same tune into a 99 with EFI LIVE. Your saying I couldn't then pull and reflash it with HPTuners? I'm going to give it a crack when I get my MPVI now just to see if I can.
Ok now I'm confused. If I for example pulled an 04 tune noted the VIN and programmed that VIN into a 99 with EFI LIVE (as it can do that) and then full flashed that same tune into a 99 with EFI LIVE. Your saying I couldn't then pull and reflash it with HPTuners? I'm going to give it a crack when I get my MPVI now just to see if I can.
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